What Do You Know About The
Separation of State and Church?

1. The U.S. Constitution says that the United States was founded as a Christian nation, based on the sovereign authority of God

in the First Amendment

in Section VI

in the Preamble

nowhere

2. How many times does the word "God" appear in the U.S. Constitution?

0

1

3

6

3. How many times does the Declaration of Independence refer to Christianity or Jesus?

0

1

3

8

4. The US Constitution guarantees religious liberty for

Christians

all religions

atheists & agnostics

all of the above

5. Where did the separation of church and state originate?

France

Soviet Union

United States of America

Nazi Germany

6. What does the First Amendment say about religion?

nothing

the US is founded upon Christian principles

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting free exercise

that there is no national religion, but each state may set up its own religious practices

7. The phrase "wall of separation between church and state" originated with

the Soviet constitution

a dissenting opinion by former Supreme Court Justice Felix Frankfurter

a letter written by President Thomas Jefferson

a speech by President Ulysses S. Grant

8. Which early colonies practiced freedom of religion?

the Pilgrims and Puritans in Massachusetts

the colony in Virginia

Roger Williams' Providence settlement

all of them

9. The Puritans escaped religious persecution and, in their own colony, allowed religious freedom for

everyone

all Christians

Puritans only

Puritans and Anglicans

10. ". . . the government of the United States is not, in any sense, founded on the Christian religion; . . ."

Where does this phrase appear?

The U.S. Communist party platform

A speech by Abraham Lincoln

American Jewish Congress

U.S. treaty signed by President Adams

11. By an Act of Congress, U.S. currency has carried the motto "In God We Trust" since

the very beginning

1862

1914

1957

12. The Pledge of Allegiance, first published in 1892, has included the words "under God" since

1892

1914

1942

1954

13. Who made the following statement?

"Secular schools can never be tolerated because such a school has no religious instruction and a general moral instruction without a religious foundation is built on air; consequently, all character training and religion must be derived from faith . . . We need believing people."

Pat Robertson

Abraham Lincoln

Adolf Hitler

Rev. Jerry Falwell

14. In 1890, bible reading was outlawed from Wisconsin schools. Who was responsible?

a Lutheran family

a Roman Catholic family

an atheist family

a Jewish family

15. The U.S. Supreme Court outlawed student-initiated prayers at high-school football games in 2000. Who were the plaintiffs in that lawsuit?

Roman Catholic and Mormon families

two Jewish families

a Unitarian (agnostic) family

an atheist organization

16. According to the "Lemon test," in order to be constitutional, a law or public act must:

have a secular purpose

have a primary effect that neither advances nor inhibits religion

not result in excessive governmental entanglement with religion

all of the above

17. All American Presidents have been practicing Christians

True False

18. The U.S. Constitution says there shall be no religious test for public office

True False

19. John Adams declared Christmas to be a national holiday

True False

20. A president, being sworn in, is required to place a hand on the Holy Bible and say "so help me, God."

True False

21. Since the First Amendment deals with "Congress," states are free to advance religion if they wish.